Roundtable of the Seminars of the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil | Imagined Communities, held at Sesc 24 de Maio (São Paulo) in October and November 2019.
Debaters:
MARIA RITA KEHL — Psychoanalyst, journalist, and author. Kehl contributed to opposition vehicles during the Brazilian dictatorship and investigated human rights abuses against peasants and indigenous populations for the National Truth Commission (2012–14). Her published books include Bovarismo brasileiro (Boitempo, 2018). She practices at open clinics in São Paulo.
ROSANA PAULINO — Visual artist, researcher, and educator. She explores social, ethnical, and gender issues, with focus on the position of black women in Brazilian society. A retrospective of her work, A costura da memória, was held at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in 2018. She created one of the works commissioned for the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil.
Mediator:
LUISA DUARTE —Art critic, curator, lecturer, and former member of the advisory board to MAM São Paulo (2009–2012). In conjunction with Adriano Pedrosa, she edited the book ABC – Arte brasileira contemporânea (Cosac Naify, 2014). Her curatorial projects include Quarta-feira de cinzas (Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, 2015) and Tunga – O rigor da distração (MAR, 2018), both in Rio de Janeiro.
- More about Rosana Paulino in Collection